In order for ALIM to be able to fulfill her objective of grooming Christian disciples of our Lord Christ Jesus; the ALIM Local Community Churches are established in the names of ALIM LIGHT CHURCH (ALIC) to be the home base from which Christians are nurtured into spiritual maturity and later be sent out in order to make other disciples hence fulfilling the great commission of the Kingdom of Heaven (Matthew 28:19-20).
OUR COMMUNITY CHURCH
ALIC is a biblically functioning community of believers growing: Deeper through worship; larger through evangelism; stronger through discipleship and broader through fellowship. We are dedicated to display the LIGHT of Christ Jesus through intensive preaching of the Gospel, our moral excellence, praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds in regard to honor and glorifying our Father who is in heaven.
ALIC’s Church Plants
a) We conduct a robust network of active Evangelism in Cell Group Ministry where home cells in the families and neighborhoods of believers are established all over the city and its surroundings, towns and in villages.
b). We radically train and disciple every member of ALIC to be a soul winner; and to lead or host a cell group.
c). We conduct Mandatory Discipleship and Training (MDT) that every new member who comes into the ministry is taken through so that all they are grounded on the foundation of prayer and the ministry of the Word.
d). ALIC also conducts Mass Gospel Evangelism (MGE) i.e., Crusades, Door to door witnessing, Believers Conferences, Fellowships, Television and media outreaches, E-mail and Printed materials distributing as message tracts, also teaching and preaching through audio, CDs and DVDs.
e) The ministry also publishes and distributes free publication Newsletter called Alim For Christ which is also the hash tag (#) for ANCHOR OF LIGHT MINISTRIES.
ALIC’s Church Branches
a. We engage in Nationwide Planting of Local Community Churches of ALIC in every City, Town and Villages with the help of the natives of those places.
b. These branch Churches of ALIC also follow the same pattern of Cell Group Evangelism as it is with the mother Church for purposes of uniformity of vision and rapid evangelism.
c. The Leadership of ALIC Assemblies come from our Mission Center (AMNET) and all other Churches that surrender their Ministry Leadership to ANCHOR OF LIGHT MINISTRIES are given opportunity to be trained from our Ministerial Training Center (ARCI) if need be.
ALIM LIGHT CHURCH’S DEPARTMENTS
Our local community churches are with a mandate to impact more lives positively for the glory of God with the backing of our instituted departments as shown below and are headed by our church Elders:
• Prayer Watch Department
• Missions and Discipleship Department
• Music, Dance and Drama Department
• Marriage and Family Affairs Department
• Biblical Counseling Department
• Special Ministering Groups Department
• Children and Youth Focus Department
ELDERS OF ‘ALIC’
In all ALIM LIGHT CHURCHES, our church Elders are not given just a title rather are empowered with the roles and responsibility in which they hold and serve in church as shown below.
Elder of Prayer Watch
a) Leads the department of the prayer ministry in church.
b) Spearheads the church prayer activities such as prayer retreats, over nights, prayer altars and also in consultation with the lead pastor allocate days of fasting.
c) Chooses and allocates intercessors to pray on different hours of the day and night on a weekly basis as he follows the program of the week.
d) Organizes the annual prayer conference in consultation with the lead pastor.
e) Organizes the annual prayer watch programs including prayer retreat days, fasting days, prayers summit weeks and general payer conference.
f) Responsible of drafting the budget for various prayer meeting events.
g) Provides oversight and able to train or teach Gods people in his or her department.
h) Responsible for filing a Monthly report which is also forwarded to the Administrative Board.
Elder of Missions and Discipleship
a) Heads the department of missions and discipleship in the church.
b) Appoints team leaders in consultation with the lead pastor.
c) Draws and prepares the annual mission activities and discipleship programs i.e., discipleship retreats, conferences, seminars.
d) Responsible to allocate and designs a budget for his department.
e) Responsible to coordinate the discipleship classes in church has he/she closely work with the lead Pastor.
f) Responsible for church planting and their growth.
g) Provides oversight and able to train or teach Gods people in his or her department.
h) Files a Monthly report which is also forwarded to the Administrative Board.
Elder of Music Dance and Drama (MDD)
a) Heads the department of music, dance and drama in the church.
b) Responsible of appoint the leaders in Praise and Worship Team, the Dancing group and the Drama group in consultation with the lead Pastor.
c) Guides the MDD groups in choosing their committees in which he or she will attend all their meetings.
d) Works hand in hand with the leaders of the ministering groups to ensure that the music, dance and drama activities are well coordinated in day todays programming.
e) Organizes trainings, music, dance and drama festivals, the worship gatherings, annual worship conference, the annual talent search and awards etc.
f) In close connection with the lead pastor, coordinates with guest artists and ensure their well fare.
g) Draws the annual budget for different activities for the year.
h) Provides oversight and able to train or teach Gods people in his or her department.
i) Files a Monthly report which is also forwarded to the Administrative Board.
Elder of Marriage & Family Affairs
a) Heads the category of both the married and those about to get married.
b) Prepares the annual program and budget for his or her department.
c) Responsible for organizing and coordinating the marriage retreats, conferences, workshops, outings or get together functions among others.
d) Is in charge of coordinating pre-marital counseling sessions and teachings to those about to get married.
e) Directly in charge of counseling the marrieds but closely work together with the Pastoral team and other elders.
f) Provides oversight and able to train or teach Gods people in his or her line of duty.
g) Files a Monthly report which is also forwarded to the Administrative Board.
Elder of Biblical Counseling
a) Heads the counseling team in church.
b) Appoint other counselor in church from pastoral team and some elder members who can counsel biblically to directly be responsible for counseling.
c) Organizes the biblical counseling trainings, retreats and conferences.
d) Prepares the budget and annual program for the counseling department.
e) Provides oversight and able to train or teach Gods people in his or her department.
f) Files a Monthly report which is also forwarded to the Administrative Board.
Elder of Special Ministering Groups
a) Heads the department which is composed of various groups of people such as the men, the women, the elderly, the professionals and People with Disabilities.
b) Responsible of appointing team leaders of those various separate groups with the approval of the lead Pastor.
c) Responsible for preparing the budget and the annual program for his or her department.
d) Organizes and coordinates annual conferences, seminars, workshops and evangelism for various groups of people i.e., the men, the women, the elderly, the professionals and People with Disabilities.
e) Provides oversight and able to train or teach Gods people in his or her line of duty.
f) Files a Monthly report which is also forwarded to the Administrative Board.
Elder of Children & Youth Focus
a) Heads both the department of children and the youths.
b) Responsible for appointing leaders of those two different groups in consultation with the lead Pastor.
c) Responsible of designing the annual program and the budget for both departments in consultation with the lead leaders.
d) Coordinates Children and Youths’ Sunday services and their other programs.
e) Organizes various activities like fellowships, child and youth evangelism, discipleships and among others for both youths and children and he or she works closely with the church Elder of Missions and Discipleship.
f) Monitors the finances got from the Children and Youths basket but works closely with the church finance.
g) Leads and organizes the singles fellowships, seminars, retreats, outings and conferences among others.
h) Provides oversight and able to train or teach Gods people in his or her department.
i) Files a Monthly report which is also forwarded to the Administrative Board.
THE DEACONS
At every ALIM LIGHT CHURCH, the Lead Pastor appoints the Church Deacons and then they are approved by the elders and each approved deacon is assigned with a task to serve in church as shown below.
Deacon of Events Management
a) Calls for meetings
b) Responsible for organizing various functions in church
c) Choses and leads the committee for specific event like weddings, thanks giving services, anniversary among others.
d) Holds meetings to gather alternative views and review of it
e) Draws budgets for any specific function or even in church
f) Keeps records and provides accountability.
Deacon of Charity and Visitation
a) Plans for the days on with specific charitable works should be done
b) Makes a budget for a particular charitable activity/project
c) Identifies people that genuinely need charitable support from the church
d) Takes and keeps records of all church members
e) Responsible for identifying and allocating appointments to people that desire to be personally visited by the pastors at their residents
f) Responsible for currying out and conducting the ministry orientation to visitors
g) Keeps records and provides accountability
Deacon of Ushering Department
a) Ensures the general welfare of the church, which is ensuring its general cleanliness and security.
b) Supervises all the ushering services among the congregation, church leaders and the pastoral team of ALIC.
c) Is in charge of the visiting teams and pastors to ensure that they are being taken care of.
d) Keeps records and provides accountability